Mosquito larvae (Culicidae) and other Diptera associated with containers, storm drains, and sewage treatment plants in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Hribar, Lawrence J ^a   Vlach, Joshua J ^b   DeMay, David J ^c   James, Shannon S ^b,d   Fahey, Jennifer S ^b   Fussell, Edsel M ^b  

^a Florida Keys Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^b Florida Keys Mosquito Contr Dist   (United States)

^c FL Keys Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^d Building 4   (United States)

Author keywords

Larvae; Larval habitat; Medical entomology; Mosquito control

Indexed keywords

DRAIN; LARVA; MOSQUITO;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES CRUCIANS; AUSTROPERICOMA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS DECORUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CLOGMIA ALBIPUNCTATA; CULEX ATRATUS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULEX PECCATOR; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DASYHELEA; DASYHELEA PSEUDOINCISURATA; DEINOCERITES CANCER; DIPTERA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; MELANOCONION; OCHLEROTATUS TAENIORHYNCHUS; WYEOMYIA; WYEOMYIA VANDUZEEI;

EID: 3042530048     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0199:MLCAOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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